How to create a file share in Azure Files
- Login to the Microsoft Azure Portal:
- From the upper search field, specify "Storage accounts"
- From the "Storage account" page -> select the relevant storage account name
- From the overview pane, click on Files
- Click on "File share":
- Name: Specify here a name for the file share
- Quota: Specify here the quota (in GB) of the new file share
- For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share
- Click on OK
- Close the Storage accounts tabs
- Logoff the Microsoft Azure Portal
Connecting to an Azure Storage
- Download the Azure Storage Explorer from: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer/
- Launch Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
- From the "Connect to Azure Storage" page, select "Add an Azure Account" -> click on Sign in
- Specify credentials to access the Azure Portal
- From the main pane, under "Account Management", select the relevant subscription and click Apply
- From the main pane, under "Explorer", expand the relevant subscription -> expand "Storage Accounts" -> expand the storage account name -> expand "File Shares"
- Click on the relevant share name and view the content of the share
- To change access permissions to the share, from the main pane, right click on the relevant share name -> click on "Manage Access Policies" -> click on Add -> after making the changes, click on Save
- From the right pane, use the "Upload" button to upload new files to the share
- From the right pane, use the "Download" button to download files from the share
- To exit the Azure Storage Explorer, use File -> Quit
- Login to the Microsoft Azure Portal:
- From the upper search field, specify "Storage accounts"
- From the "Storage account" page -> select the relevant storage account name
- From the main pane, click on "Access keys" -> from the right pane, copy on of the storage account keys into memory or write it into a temporary file
- Close the Storage accounts tabs
- Logoff the Microsoft Azure Portal
- Login to the target Windows machine
- Open File Explorer
- Navigate to the "This PC" item on the left-hand side of the window. This will change the menus available in the ribbon. Under the Computer menu, select "Map Network Drive"
- Select the Drive letter and enter the UNC path \\<storage-account-name>.file.core.windows.net\<share-name>
- Note 1: Replace the <storage-account-name>, with the actual storage account name
- Note 2: Replace the <share-name>, with the relevant share name
- Select "Reconnect at sign-in" and "Connect using different credentials"
- Click on Finish
- Use the Storage Account Name prepended with Azure\ as the username and a Storage Account Key as the password
- Select "Remember my credentials" -> click OK